Folding bed.



PATENTBD SEPT. 26, 1905 W. 0. JAMES. FOLDING BED. APPLIOATIO N FILED JULY 8, 1903.

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No. 800,374. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

W. 0. JAMES.

OLDING BED. APP ATION'TILED JULY 8, 1903.

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U ITED STATES- WILLARD 0. JAMES, or Los ANGELES,OAL1FORN IA.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOLDING BED.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Original application filed April 18, 1903, Serial No. 147,933. Divided and this application filed July 8, 1903. Serial No. 164,657.

1'0 alt whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLARD C. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and 5 State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFoldingBeds, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a foldingbed construction and is in part a division of To my application, Serial No. 147,983, filed April The main object of this invention is to provide for support and ventilation of the bedclothing in a folding bed.

5 A further object is to provide a folding bed having certain desirable features of simplicity in construction and convenience in operation. The accompanying drawings illustrate, the invention.

Figure I is a vertical section of the bed in lowered position. Fig. 11 is a plan of the bed in raised position. Fig..III is an endview of the bed in lowered position, taken from the back' of the headboard. Fig. IV is-a side Fig. V is a detail view of the'spring-clips serving as a bedding-retainer. Fig. V1 is a'detail' section of an extensibleleg or rest for the bed.

1 designates a suitable support or base 3 adapted to rest on'the floor, as by meansof casters 2, and extending to a height sufficient to support the hinges or trunnionsB of the bed-frame 4. The front'or under side of this frame may be formed as apierglass or other- 35 wise ornamented.

Bed-frame it-has near its outer end legs or rests desirably extensible, so as to enable them to reach the floor when the bed is down and yet not project inconveniently far-when the 4 bed is raised. Projections 5 on the front of the bed-frame have each alongitudinal recess or socket 6 formed therein, in which posts or strips 7 slide in and out. The outer end ofthe strip is of the same width as the recess, but

45 the inner end is ofless width, which thereby forms a shoulder 8 in the side adapted to engage the lower or outer edge of the projection at the side of the recess 6, as shown in Fig. VI, a spring 9 opposite the shoulder 5 holding the strip over to one side to cause such engagement. Projections 5 may when the bed is raised constitute shelves on each side of the pier-glass.

.bling a piece of resilientmetal upon itself and inserting the doubled portion into a holev .10, each of which is provided with a seriesof spring-clips 11, the clips of the two posts 10 arranged in pairs and the two clips of each' pair being opposite and facing each other.

These'clips are preferably each formed by dou or recess 11 in the post with its outer or free ends in yielding engagement with each other.

The inner ends of the clips are fastened in 5 their respective holes by passing a pin through the doubled portions, and-thetips of the outer ends are slightly curved or bent away from each other to form a mouthor opening, as shown in detail in Fig. V, and adapted to re= ceive the bedclothes, which are each inserted then be shut to inclose or conceal the bed and bedclothes. v

13 designates apocket or receptacle formed at the outer end of the bed and adapted to receive the pillow when the bed is not in use.

'15 is the counterweight.

A headboard 14 maybe fixed on the sup-- port in such position that when the bed is raisedand the doors 12 are shut said board 9 will be inclosed or hidden thereby at each side. The back of the bed is, however, preferably left open and will generally be out of sightas against a wall, for example.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A folding bed provided with posts at its free end, spring-clips secured in fixed position on the posts, said clips beingarranged in pairs'opposite one another to engage and reranged in pairs and facing each other, for engaging and retaining the bedclothes, and the adjacent pairs of spring-clips being separated to hold the bedclothes apart when so retained. I I0 sis 3. A folding bed provided with recessed posts at its free end, and spring-clips secured in fixed position in the recesses of said posts.

4. A folding bed provided with recessed 5 posts at its free ends, spring-clips in the recesses and arranged to face each other.

5. A folding bed provided with recessed posts at the free end, spring-clips in the recesses, each clip consisting of a piece of resilient metal doubled upon itself and having its doubled portion secured in the recess and its free ends in yielding engagement, the clips of the two posts being opposite to and facing each other.

6. Av folding bed provided with posts atits free ends, spring-clips secured in fixed position on said posts, each clip being opposite the clip on the other post to form a pair of clips for the reception and retention of the bedclothes and each clip consisting of a piece of resilient metal doubled upon itself with its free ends in yielding engagement.

7. A folding bed provided with posts, and spring-clips arranged on said posts in pairs and facing each other, each clip comprising resilient members with their ends in yielding engagement.

8. In a folding bed, a support, a bed-frame pivotally secured thereto at one end, recessed posts at the free end of the frame, and a spring-clip in each recess, said clips being arranged to face each other.

9. In afolding bed, a support, a bed-frame pivotally secured thereto at one end, recessed posts at the free end and a spring-clip in each recess, each clip consisting of a piece of resilient metal doubled upon itself and having its doubled portion secured in the recess and its free ends in yielding engagement, the clips of the two posts being opposite to and facing each other.

10. In a folding bed, a support, a bed-frame pivotally secured thereto at one end, the front of said frame being provided with a mirror and two flat shelf-like longitudinally-reccssed projections, a shoulder-strip in each recess, and means for causing the shoulder to engage with the outer end of the projection and hold the strip projected.

11. In a folding bed, a support, a bed-frame pivotally secured thereto at one end, the front of the frame being provided with two longitudinally-recessed-projections, a strip in each projection, the inner end of which is of less width than the recess and of the outer end of the strip thereby forming a shoulder, and a spring in the recess on the side opposite said shoulder to face the strip laterally and cause the shoulder to engage with the outer end of the projection and hold the strip projected.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Augeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 27th day of June, 1903.

\VILLARD 0. JAMES.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR P. KNIen'r, JULIA TowNsnNn. 

